Sidney Crosby has scored 135 or 136 points (depending on that last goal in Buffalo) over his last 82 games played. No other player in the NHL other than Malkin has over 100 points in their own last 82 games played. No player since Mario Lemieux in 1995-1996 has scored 130 points in a season. These numbers have to be wrong, right? RIGHT?!?

Edit: I can't count! 136 points in his last 82 games. Lol sorry about that. Still the rest appears to be true. Best scoring pace since the Lemieux days of the early 1990s.

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True but I simply said no player since 1995-1996 has scored more than 130 points in a season and Sid is on pace to when he finally gets a full season under his belt. Man we are lucky as Pens fans to have had so many great scorers though, eh?

The more impressive thing about Sid's stats so far this season is that the numbers are so strong despite a slow start, an inconsistent powerplay, and having played 22 regular season games in basically 2 calendar years prior to the start of the season.

RxBandit66 wrote:The more impressive thing about Sid's stats so far this season is that the numbers are so strong despite a slow start, an inconsistent powerplay, and having played 22 regular season games in basically 2 calendar years prior to the start of the season.

All the early panic on here seems senseless now, doesn't it? He needed some games to shake the rust off, and has looked incredible since.

I'm still a bit concerned about Malkin though. He seems to be playing so loose with the puck, it's unnerving at times. He needs to simplify things and get his groove back.

I was about to say...the panic was about Crosby and Malkin, half of the panic seems senseless. I have no problem with Malkin being cold for a while, I just fear him going on another season or two of coasting.

Jagr (Goals): 3/23/2004 -> 4/8/2006 - 56 goals, 66 assists, 122 pointsThat's split over the lockout obviously. His 54 goals in the first 82 games after the lockout are his best purely post-lockout total.

Froggy wrote:I'm not sure which was funnier in that thread. The guy saying he would rather have Toews than Sid, or the guy who insisted there was some league wide conspiracy to award Sid secondary assists

That's what they said about 99, too, so I guess this means 87 is pretty good.

malksby8771 wrote:Oh man guys please click this URL on page 13 post #318 by "EM71" Not only does he reveal just how impressive Sid's numbers are, surprising me even more, but he eviscerates a Crosby hater so masterfully. http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/showt ... 87&page=13

malksby8771 wrote:Oh man guys please click this URL on page 13 post #318 by "EM71" Not only does he reveal just how impressive Sid's numbers are, surprising me even more, but he eviscerates a Crosby hater so masterfully. http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/showt ... 87&page=13